Fortnite. Epic Games Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday. Google has been fined $1.7 billion by the European Union for its third breach of EU antitrust rules in three years. The fine relates to Google’s abuse of its dominance in search advertising, with the firm pressuring third-party publishers…

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York applauded New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for taking legislative action after her country faced its worst shooting in history. Ardern announced on Thursday a sweeping ban on “military style semi-automatic” firearms — including assault rifles — following the Christchurch shooting.”Christchurch happened, and within days New Zealand acted…

1. March 20 marks the start of Spring, and summer will be following, which means it’s going to get HOT. Let’s look at some of the things that might come along with scorchers, starting with this slide that got melted by the heat. 2. Look at this poor mailbox that was just minding its own…

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The year’s spring equinox, also called the March or vernal equinox, falls on Tuesday at precisely 5:58 p.m. ET, according to NASA. This astronomical event signals the arrival of spring, winter’s end, and the trend toward increasingly warm and bright days that come with the pending arrival of summer. At least, that’s the case for…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday. Google announced a huge gaming initiative: A Netflix-like video-game streaming platform named Stadia. The service is intended to run high-resolution blockbuster games on any device that runs Google’s Chrome — from smartphones and tablets to computers…

1. This guy who is America’s next top impotence model: 2. This waiter who was honestly not at fault: 3. This boyfriend in an awkward situation: I broke up with my girlfriend at restaurant. She started crying. Everyone thought I proposed her so they started clapping. 04:54 PM – 18 Oct 2017 5. This person…

1. Fact: oceans are huge, and thereby scary as hell. Getty Images 2. Even if you **love** beaches and sailing and all that stuff… 3. You’ve gotta admit there’s something kind of unnerving about just being out there… 4. In open water… Paulfleet / Getty Images 5. And being surrounded on all sides by just……

President Donald Trump listens during a briefing on drug trafficking at the southern border in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Washington. Trump said during the event the U.S. is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft “effective immediately,” in the wake…

HBO’s “The Inventor” takes a look inside the rise and fall of the blood-testing startup Theranos. Director Alex Gibney talked to Business Insider about the things he was most shocked by while making the movie. Though Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has spent a lot of his career exploring stories that focus on the dishonest (“Enron:…